His Musical Sneeze

The film 'His Musical Sneeze' is a two-reel comedy produced by the L-KO Kompany and distributed by Universal Program (Universal Film Manufacturing Co., Inc.). It was released on May 14, 1919, featuring the actor Billy Ritchie. Under the United States Copyright Act, the duration of copyright for works published before 1928 has expired. Specifically, all works published or registered in the U.S. prior to January 1, 1928, entered the public domain 95 years after their publication. 'His Musical Sneeze' reached this milestone in 2014, although many films of this era had actually lapsed into the public domain much earlier if their initial 28-year copyright term was not renewed. Because the film was released in 1919, it is definitively in the public domain in the United States regardless of renewal status. As a result, no further investigation into the renewal records (such as the CCE or Stanford Database) is required to confirm its status.